Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Covenant

At Covenant College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 93.30%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 82.02%. Covenant's acceptance rate has been lower every year for the past 4 years. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Covenant College than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 40.01%, and the 2024 yield is 39.94%.

The number of Covenant applicants decreased by -7.63% (62 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 93.30%, and this year's acceptance rate is 82.02% at Covenant College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 91.61% and women students' rate is 94.54%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Covenant College than the previous year.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Covenant College over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	96.06%	92.93%	98.41%
2014-15	96.64% 0.58%	94.93% 1.99%	97.89% -0.52%
2015-16	93.98% -2.66%	92.08% -2.85%	95.43% -2.46%
2016-17	96.24% 2.26%	95.00% 2.92%	97.44% 2.01%
2017-18	95.23% -1.01%	92.76% -2.24%	97.16% -0.27%
2018-19	97.17% 1.94%	96.88% 4.12%	97.43% 0.26%
2019-20	98.22% 1.04%	97.67% 0.78%	98.68% 1.26%
2020-21	97.55% -0.67%	96.54% -1.13%	98.45% -0.23%
2021-22	89.04% -8.51%	87.89% -8.65%	88.89% -9.56%
2022-23	84.13% -4.91%	83.08% -4.82%	85.11% -3.78%
2023-24	82.02% -2.11%	77.94% -5.14%	85.07% -0.03%
Average	93.30%	91.61%	94.54%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 40.01% where the current academic year yield is 39.94%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Covenant College from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	42.27%	42.21%	42.32%
2014-15	41.86% -0.41%	43.89% 1.69%	40.43% -1.89%
2015-16	44.64% 2.77%	48.36% 4.47%	41.92% 1.48%
2016-17	44.99% 0.35%	47.72% -0.64%	42.43% 0.52%
2017-18	39.91% -5.08%	42.55% -5.17%	37.93% -4.50%
2018-19	38.44% -1.47%	41.16% -1.40%	36.07% -1.86%
2019-20	39.75% 1.31%	42.23% 1.07%	37.67% 1.60%
2020-21	34.84% -4.91%	36.56% -5.67%	33.33% -4.33%
2021-22	38.05% 3.21%	38.92% 2.36%	36.14% 2.81%
2022-23	35.38% -2.67%	35.80% -3.12%	35.00% -1.14%
2023-24	39.94% 4.56%	41.18% 5.37%	38.89% 3.89%
Average	40.01%	41.87%	38.38%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 676, the average number of admitted is 627, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 250.

The number of Covenant applicants decreased by -7.63% (62 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Covenant College from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	660	634	268
2014-15	655 -0.76%	633 -0.16%	265 -1.12%
2015-16	615 -6.11%	578 -8.69%	258 -2.64%
2016-17	612 -0.49%	589 1.90%	265 2.71%
2017-18	692 13.07%	659 11.88%	263 -0.75%
2018-19	672 -2.89%	653 -0.91%	251 -4.56%
2019-20	561 -16.52%	551 -15.62%	219 -12.75%
2020-21	612 9.09%	597 8.35%	208 -5.02%
2021-22	794 29.74%	707 18.43%	269 29.33%
2022-23	813 2.39%	684 -3.25%	242 -10.04%
2023-24	751 -7.63%	616 -9.94%	246 1.65%
Average	676	627	250

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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